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TIL A Man Played a Civilization game for 10 years.

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nJeG TIL in 2010 a man named Dan McLaughlin quit his job to diligently train 10,000 hours in hopes of becoming a professional golfer. He’ll be done October 2016.
m1Jev TIL that not only is the text of the original Draconian laws lost to us, but also that is was merely a codification of preexisting oral law and that it wasn't in fact extraordinarily harsh for those times
oBMR TIL that Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s tyrannical leader, has been appointed UN ambassador for tourism despite being accused of ethnic cleansing, vote rigging and being unable to leave Zimbabwe due to a travel ban.
E0p0 TIL there is a rule in MLB that forces pitchers with tattoos on their arms to wear long sleeves, called the Justin Miller rule.
0wALj TIL Napoleon III's Y-chromosome (which is inherited father to son) does not match other member's of the Bonaparte family implying his legal father was not his father and he was not a Bonaparte. There had been rumors during his lifetime that he was illegitimate due his mother's affairs.